dan tynan on Nov 21 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Microsoft
What do Microsoft and OJ have in common? Highly public courts cases with lots of incriminating evidence. But no amount of laywerly magic may be able to save Redmond from the public’s verdict.
dan tynan on Nov 05 2008 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Infoworld, Microsoft
You think the presidential election got people hopping mad? Try talking operating systems. Cringely revisits why people love to hate MSFT.
dan tynan on Oct 31 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Da Web, Infoworld, Microsoft
Microsoft has launched the next phase of its $300 million effort to convince us that Vista is not a dog — while quietly pushing its replacement, Windows 7. What’s wrong with this picture?
dan tynan on Sep 05 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Microsoft
The first videos starring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld have appeared on YouTube, and the results are surprisingly amusing. But will they help sell copies of Windows Vista? The Cringemeister has his doubts.
dan tynan on Jul 01 2008 | Filed under: Apple, Geekishness, Microsoft
So there’s a lot of news this week about the ‘death’ of Windows XP. (I’ll have more thoughts on that later.) For now, though, let’s pretend just for fun that you could pick any operating system for your next PC — no monolithic monopolies can get in your way. Which would you pick? Fill out [...]
dan tynan on Apr 21 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Microsoft
(This post originally appeared in and/or on Infoworld’s Notes from the Field blog.)
by Robert X. Cringely
The international movement to save endangered operating systems (aka Windows XP) has gained supporters in unlikely quarters. Cringester J. C. reports:
Just got a call from my Dell rep: Dell will provide XP on business class computers (Latitude and Optiplex) through [...]
dan tynan on Apr 18 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Microsoft
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes from the Field blog.)
by Robert X. Cringely
Blunder Road. A Microsoft music video by “Bruce ServicePack and the Vista Street Band” has been causing a few chuckles and a lot of retching across the Net. In the video, a Born in the USA-era Springsteen impersonator sings:
“Last year when Vista [...]
dan tynan on Apr 14 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Microsoft, Things that suck
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
by Robert X. Cringely
That creaking sound, the dust, that feeling of vague but imminent doom? It’s not an earthquake. Your office isn’t falling into a sink hole. It’s the warning signs of Windows collapsing.
According to a presentation served up last week by two Gartner analysts, [...]
dan tynan on Apr 04 2008 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Google, Infoworld, Microsoft, Steve Jobs, iPhone
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
by Robert X. Cringely
Full speed behind. It seems the rumors of XP’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Microsoft has bowed to overwhelming demand and decided to give XP a reprieve, kinda sorta. Scheduled to get the gas chamber in July, XP will continue to live [...]
